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"They killed my mother in the doorway of my room; She died saving me! Later, at dead of night, I wandered about with Bersi, when suddenly a livid glow flickers and lights ahead of me the dark street! I looked at it! My childhood home was ablaze! I was alone, and surrounded by nothingness! Hunger and poverty, deprivation and danger. I became ill, and Bersi, so good and pure traded her beauty for my sake! I bring misfortune to all who love me. It was then, in my misery, that love came to me! And murmured in a sweet, melodius voice: "You must live ! I am life itself!" Heaven is in my eyes! You are not alone! Let your tears fall on my breast! I will walk with you and be your support! Smile and hope! I am love! Is all around you blood and mire? I am divine! I can make you forget! I am the god who descends to earth from the empyrean and makes this world A paradise! Ah! I am love, love, love" And the angel approaches, kisses me, and in that kiss is death! The moribund body is my body. Take it then! I am already dead like it!
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